The Emperor's Horse (Primary Title)
Alfred De Dreux, French, 1810 - 1860 (Artist)
De Dreux was seemingly destined to have a notable career in the arts. His father was a painter and as a child, his uncle, the painter Pierre-Joseph De Dreux-Dorcy often took him to the studio of Géricault. De Dreux had a long-lasting relationship with the Salon, where he exhibited regularly for many decades. After accompanying King Louis-Philippe on an official trip to England in 1849, De Dreux attached himself to the court and society of the Second Empire and enjoyed his status as the favorite equestrian artist of Emperor Napoleon III.
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
"Van Gogh, Monet, Degas: The Mellon Collection of French Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", The Frick Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, March 17 - July 15, 2018; Musée de la Chasse et de la Natur, Paris, September 3 – December 2, 2018; Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN, February 2 - May 5, 2019; Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, June 22 - September 22, 2019; Palazzo Zabarella, Padua, Italy, October 26, 2019 - March 1, 2020; Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, April 4, 2020 - January 10, 2021
"The French Horse from Géricault to Picasso: Works from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, March 3 - April 25, 2016; ", The National Sporting Library & Museum, Middleburg, VA, May 6 - July 31, 2016
"Rendez-vous a cheval, Pferde und Reiter um 1800", Schloss Jegenstorf, Bern, Switzerland, June 6 - October 18, 1970.
"The French Horse from Géricault to Picasso: Works from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, March 3 - April 25, 2016; ", The National Sporting Library & Museum, Middleburg, VA, May 6 - July 31, 2016
"Rendez-vous a cheval, Pferde und Reiter um 1800", Schloss Jegenstorf, Bern, Switzerland, June 6 - October 18, 1970.
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